Tech & Data
Aero positions in a mountain bike race sound absurd, but are they? With the Leadville Trail 100 just around the corner, Specialized decided to take a look and find out. Does grabbing your fork crown actually create any sort of aero advantage over a standard position? How about a simple
Gear Reviews
OneUp Components has a cool new tool for quickly fixing tubeless tire flats. The new Plug & Plier Kit is intended to mount to the bottom of the EDC tool (sold separately), the Plug & Plier consists of a tubeless Jabber tool with 15 tire plugs, and a new set
Gear Reviews
Venti means “twenty” in Italian, fitting as Silca’s newest multi-tool is a step up from the Italian Army Knife Nove (9 tools) and Tredici (13 tools), the Venti cranks it up to 20 using the same flat profile and compact size. Among those 20 tools, you’ll find
Tech & Data
This September the UCI World Championships will be held in the Innsbruck-Tirol region, you can get a head start on your training right now on Zwift. The new course is based on the 24km Olympic Lap pros will loop around 7 times for the men’s race and 3
Tech & Data
How do you get more people to subscribe to Strava Premium? Apparently, you ditch it altogether and replace it with an à la carte version of the premium plan called Summit. The new plans allow riders to choose what specific features they want (and pay for), or you can pay
Tech & Data
Every year’s Tour de France seems to have a standout piece of tech that everyone is talking about, and this year it seems to be these goofy looking oversize rear derailleur pulleys. If you’re a normal person, you’ve probably never given a second thought to your derailleur
Tech & Data
CeramicSpeed has a demo bicycle drive-train, dubbed Driven, that uses a drive shaft instead of a chain and they’re showing it off at Eurobike 2018. The concept not only sports some radical looks, but comes with an even more radical claim of better-than-99-percent efficiency. As
Culture & Opinion
Le Tour has been uploading onboard videos after every stage of the Tour and they’re pretty great. It’s a cool look into the life of a Tour rider from prepping nutrition in the team bus to leaning into curves on mountain descents. The video are quick and well
Culture & Opinion
The Manx Missile forced out Mark Cavendish’s hopes of beating Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins in the Tour de France took a serious hit today as he was eliminated from the race. Cavendish barely managed to stay in race after struggling to make the time cut
Bikes & Frames
Another new bike debuting tomorrow at the Tour de France, Team BMC will roll out their latest aero road weapon the new Timemachine Road. Aero is king these days, so how is BMC separating itself in a sea of flat tubes? By optimizing the water bottle attachments. According to BMC,
Culture & Opinion
The build-up to the 105th edition of the Tour de France is almost over. After months of wondering if Chris Froome would get to start and nearly a year of fans dreaming about the exciting course, the race will finally get started tomorrow, Saturday, July 7th. 2018 Tour de
Bikes & Frames
It’s almost Tour de France time, which means it’s launch season! Looking very much like the SLICE Tri bike, the new Cannondale SystemSix was designed to be the fastest road bike ever made. They claim they pulled it off using six unique elements – Frame, Fork, Seat post, Stem,